Io Plan CMD
Io Plan CMD
Io Plan CMD
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1. REFERENCES:
2. SITUATION
As a democratic country, public assemblies have been an integral part of the
publics right to express their concern and passion on a certain issue and/or air their
grievances against the government. Likewise, these are also used by cause-oriented
groups to champion reforms that they want to push in the government. While public
assemblies are generally characterized as peaceful gatherings, there are some that
end in violence especially when negotiations between the demonstrators and the
government representatives or law enforcers fail.
Some of the public assemblies that ended in violent dispersals were the
Mendiola Massacre on January 22, 1987 that resulted in the death of 13 farmers and
wounding of more than a hundred other, the violent rally dispersal at the Hacienda
Luisita, Tarlac on November 16, 2004 that resulted in the death of seven farmers and
wounding of more than hundred, and the latest violent rally dispersal occurred in
Kidapawan City on April 1, 2016, that resulted in the death of two persons and
wounding of at least 116 others, including police personnel.
In all the incidents cited above, the Philippine National Police (PNP) have
been thrown tirades and blamed for the shortcomings of its Civil Disturbance
Management (CDM) Operations. Thus, a Memorandum Circular No. 2016-063 was
signed to establish operational guidelines and procedures in the conduct of CDM
operations.
Along with this guideline, Information Operations (IO) plays an important role
to synchronize all the information and actions when a public assembly may turn into a
violent incident. Thus, this IO Plan is warranted.
3. OBJECTIVES:
The following are the objectives of this IO Plan in providing deliberate
information operations to ensure a favorable perceptive environment, to wit;
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a. To effectively convey to the target audiences the security preparations
and readiness of the PNP for Civil Disturbance Management (CDM)
Operations;
b. To influence, disrupt, corrupt or usurp adversarial actions and decision
making to prevent any a public assembly to end in a violent dispersal;
c. To shape a favorable operational environment for the PNP thereby
reducing chances for negative publicity from taking place; and
d. To bolster coordination and cooperation among the community, the PNP,
and stakeholders for the peaceful convening of public assemblies.
a. Internal:
1) PNP Personnel;
b. External:
1) Militant Groups/Cause-Oriented
2) LGUs;
3) Other Stakeholders;
4) Force multipliers;
5) General Populace; and
6) Media.
5. EXECUTION
a. Concept of Operation:
The Information Operations (IO) of the PNP for public assemblies will
primarily focus on the proper coordination of information to further ensure the
synchronization and integration of all courses of actions among PNP Offices/Units
concerned.
The QUAD concept of policing shall be adopted for the entire duration of this
IO Plan. The Special Information Operations Team (SIOT) primarily composed of the
QUAD Staff may be activated at the CPOs/PPOs if its a city/provincial concern, at the
PROs if it is affecting other provinces within the region, or at the NHQ if it becomes a
multi-regional problem (Annex A).
2) ASSEMBLY STAGE This stage involves the courses of action on the pre, during,
and post CDM operations.
If the SIOT, through continues assessment, thinks the assembly will turn
out of hand, the following additional courses of actions may be conducted:
Specific Actions Target Conditions OPR
Activation of Synchronized Well-coordinated information and QUAD Staff,
Communications (Synccom) synchronized actions LGUs and
Group composed of the other
SIOT, LGUs, and other stakeholders
stakeholders
Activation of Media Center Manage the media by conducting PCR
regular press briefings or updates on
the incident
Legal action as situation Adherence to due process and Legal
warrants restoration of law and order Service/Invest
b. Tasks:
1) RPCRD
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f) Publish PNP Good Deeds/ feature articles of police personnels
experiences during CDM operations;
g) Oversee undesirable narratives especially reports on police
violence during CDM operations;
h) Designate a focal person to the Regional SIOT; and
i) Perform other tasks as directed.
2) RID
3) ROPD
4) RIDMD
6) RPIO
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7) RSUs
8) PPOs/CPO
c. Coordinating Instructions
6. REPEALING CLAUSE:
All other directives, orders, issuances which are inconsistent with this IO Plan
are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.
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7. EFFECTIVITY
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